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LeBron James makes his only trip to Madison Square Garden tonight. 

For the past two seasons there has been plenty of talk about LeBron bolting his hometown of Cleveland for the bright lights of New York City. 

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In the NBA these days, it seems like there is a stat for everything. We’ve got PER, offensive efficiency ratings, defensive efficiency rating, and so on and so on.

It seems like every team in the league now employs their own stat guru. And while I’m not one to question the use of all these new statistics to evaluate NBA players (I actually kinda like them), I’m old school. 

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ust toyed with the Clippers for most of the game, and clamped down where it mattered most. 

Boston Celtics 

It was impressive enough to beat the Cavs in Cleveland on opening night, but to answer that by beating the Bobcats by 33 on the second game of a back-to-back shows the C’s are far from ready to roll over and let the younger Magic and Cavs be the class of the East. 

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Happy New Year!

With the new NBA season set to tip off with four games tonight, here are some of the things I’ll be watching for in tonight’s action.

Boston @ Cleveland, 7:30pm

I can’t wait to see LeBron again this season. Last year, coming off the Olympics, you could see that his focus was on improving defensively. Now, without a summer in the spotlight, I’m curious to see if he’s made any improvements to his already unreal game. Is this the year we finally see LeBron use his Karl Malone-like body to beast on people inside?

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Disappointing news for NBA fans everywhere, courtesy of yahoo: 

"LOS ANGELES (AP)—Blake Griffin’s (notes) NBA debut has been pushed back indefinitely after the Los Angeles Clippers revealed late Monday night that their No. 1 overall draft pick has a broken left kneecap.

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With the top 4 teams in the league last year making ALL the big moves so far this off-season(Boston excluded so far because they haven't signed sheed yet, but they will be getting a healthy Garnett ba

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mate Collection 5 star hotel partner - The Eliot Suite in Boston
• Four tickets to a Boston Celtics home game during the 2010 season
• Meet & greet with Doc Rivers just after the game.

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The Bulls are showing signs of their great days once again..

They have very talented guards in Rose and Gordon, They also have a veteran center finally who compliments his teammates well in Brad Miller.

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Something is definitely wrong with the Boston Celtics.

Though the defending NBA champs are still a major driving force in the East, the Celtics' high-powered engine is beginning to leak and their once tireless energy on defense is showing some wear-and-tear. Coach Doc Rivers also hinted the team is severely missing two key cogs from last season's championship run: James Posey and P.J. Brown.

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The Lakers travel to Boston tonight to take on the Celtics in Boston for the first time since... well... all Lakers fans know where I am going. It was a game Laker nation had marked on the schedule as

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r individual Michael Jordan.

The closest thing to the next Michael Jordan is the current Boston Celtics. I’m not a band-wagon rider. I just respect their game. It is similar to the San Antonio Spurs in the way they play as a team, but the Celtics have more fire power. When I see Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen on the court, I get goose bumps. These guys place their team above individual accomplishments in order to reach the ultimate goal: winning championships. It isn’t selfish basketball being played in Boston. Any given night, a different player is helping the Celtics continue their winning streak, which currently stands at 18-0. It is not just the Big Three. It’s Rajon Rondo navigating through the defense. It’s Kendrick Perkins making big rebounds. It’s Leon Powe coming off the bench with intensity, and Sam Cassell bringing in his knowledge of the game. It’s a newer picture of the Chicago Bulls. The Chicago Bulls were composed of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoc, Steve Kerr, Dennis Rodman, Luc Longley and several others. On any given night, someone was propelling this team to another victory. Steve Kerr made the game winning shot in the 1997 NBA Finals. When Pippen went out due to injury, Kukoc stepped up his game. Dennis Rodman was a rebounding beast among men. No one could quite control Shaq like he could. Time out: Does anyone remember the time Dennis Rodman’s daughter came to one of the games? This man went psycho. He was taking three-point shots and he was making them. Anyhow, the Chicago Bulls went through different line-ups and nothing changed. Each line-up played with the same mentality and the same goal, and each player realized that they brought something to the team. The

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e story reads that on Christmas Day in 2008, two great teams, the Los Angeles Lakers (24-5) and the Boston Celtics (27-3), came together to play. One would imagine the goal was simply to win. However, the two teams seemed as if they were competing for something else besides a win. From the jump ball, the Lakers appeared to be on a mission to redeem themselves from last year’s NBA Finals. The Celtics played it as if it was just another game on the way to their ultimate goal of repeating as World Champions. The Lakers won the game with a score of 92-83, but the game can’t be told by the final score. It is told by what each team was playing for: another step in the right direction and redemption. The Celtics learned that they can be beaten. And, the Lakers got their redemption, for this was their Championship game.

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e are my rankings for teams that I think have the best shot at winning the championship. 

1. Boston Celtics.
Why? Well let's see, they have the experience, they have the fire power, they have the adage that Kevin Garnett won't let this team down, they have the inside precense to offset any of the teams that can opose them. Yeah, they went through a slump, but face it, there was no way that they were going to continue on the run that they were on. They came out hotter than anytime, and it was almost certain that they were going to hit a slide. If anyone wants to make the arguement that they could easily be upset in the playoffs because they went to all those game 7's last year, well that was last year. They had three guys who had never won anything, and why wouldn't they be a little shaky? Once it gets to that ever-so-glorious playoff time, the Celtics will be settled down, knowing that they have done it before, and that nobody really believes they can do it two years in a row.

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I may be an over-the-top, totally subjective fan, but I know where to draw the line. Yes, I am always totally optimistic when it comes to my favorite teams, but when I sit down and think clearly about the broad outlook of things, I can do it objectively, and I hope I got the subjective and objective terms right and used them correctly.

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The Los Angeles Lakers came out of the gates running to start the season, but have struggled of late, and now post a mediocre 18-3 record. After losing 2 of their last six games, skeptics point out that the lack of defense being played by the reigning Western Conference champs is the reason for this stumble. With Boston, Cleveland, and LA all having remarkable starts to the year, it seems as if no other team has a chance to keep up with these three, despite the fact that there are many teams rising this year.

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at led to Tuesday's nights game matching the Houston Rockets against the Defending World Champions, Boston Celtics.

Toyota Center was scattered with empty seats throughout the lower and upper bowls, which is disappointing since this is the Celtics' only stop through Houston this season. Anytime a team is facing the Champs the arena should be packed! This was also a NBATV game, so disappointing to see the low attendance. This of course probably had to do with the Election and whatnot, but what else can a basketball game offer having two of the top tier teams in the NBA going at it?

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It’s time for the next movement. I like to call these players those that are right on the cusp of being known but not quite. Their play catches non-hoop heads and non-ballers by surprise. Today I decided I’m giving you the players that are going to have the most effect on their teams the key being that they are not already stars.

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Both the NBA and the Boston Celtics have been around since 1946. And out of those sixty-two years, the Celtics have been crowned the champions a record-setting 17 times. With their most recent title this year.

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tracked by the Gang Green.

How cool is this spring going to be?  We have the 54-13 Boston Celtics.  The best record in the NBA and maybe best team to match.  And the 2007 Champion Red Sox, coming into the new season with just about all of the key cogs from last year, along with a couple of nice additions in Sean Casey and possibly Bartolo Colon.  It's pretty cool knowing that 2 or 3 times a week through April, Boston fans will have great sports options.

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here and there.  Last year it happened here, there, then, now, yesterday, and tomorrow for the Boston Celtics.  But that was last year.

For only the second time all season the Celtics dropped two in a row after Baron Davis canned a last second fall away jumper.  The Golden State Warriors defeated the men in Green, 119-117, in front of 20,711 people, the largest crowd in franchise history, and largest crowd to ever watch a basketball game in the state of California.  That's great.  We lost!

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We have been waiting for this moment for months.  No, I’m not talking about the Jason Kidd trade to go through (which it did today).  I am talking to about the second half of the NBA season to begin.  The first three and a half months can be such a drag, and usually are but in the second half, everything picks up.  It is a two-month stretch run to the playoffs.  This is the time when teams like San Antonio and Detroit flip their switch on and look to be playing their best when the playoffs begin.  The flurry of trades that have gone on in the last two or three weeks has just made the second half that much more interesting.  The NBA season is about 20 games too long and it kills ratings but now is the time to jump on the bandwagon.  These next couple months of the regular season and the playoffs are going to be some of the best basketball since the ‘80’s.  The NBA, where exciting happens.

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